HOW ANIMALS TAKE CARE OF THEIR EGGS AND YOUNG

1. Animals that give birth to their young nurture, nurse and care for their babies.
2. The babies depend on their mothers' milk for nourishment.
3. The parents protect their young from danger.

Cow

•  suckles its young
• protects its young with horns

Cat

• suckles its young
• fights off attackers with its claws

 Kangaroo

• suckles its young
• carries the young joeys in its pouch 

                                                      A troop of monkeys

A herd of elephant

•  live in group to protect their young
• suckle their young.

Whale                                                                                                        Dolphin

• stay close to their calves
• suckle their young

4. All birds such as sparrows, chickens, eagles and ducks reproduce by laying eggs.

5. This is what a typical bird will do to ensure the safety of its eggs and young.

• Robin bird building a nest in a safe spot
• Robin bird incubating the eggs
• Robin bird feeding the young
• Robin bird protecting the young from predators
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6. Some  animals lay large numbers of eggs in selected spots
    which are safe and cannot be detected by predators.

7. Some animals take care of their eggs while others do not.

• Lays eggs in the sand.
• Stays nearby to guard the eggs.
• Carries the newborn crocodiles in its mouth to the river.

• The male fish catches the eggs in its mouth and  drops them into a bubble nest that it has built.
• The male parent guards the net and protect the babies

• The male seahorse has a pouch to store the eggs.
• The male parent looks after the eggs until they hatch.
• The father continues to protect the young until they can fend for themselves.

• Lays eggs in the ground.

• Lays eggs that are protected by hard coverings.
• Hides its eggs in dark places.

• Carries its young on its back.

• Coils round the eggs.
• Attack predators that come close to their eggs.

• Lays eggs on the undersides of leaves.
• The eggs hatch into caterpillars that fee on the leaves.

• Lays large numbers of eggs with a slimy covering.
• The slimy covering is eaten by the tadpoles when they emerge from the eggs.

• Lays eggs in a silk cocoon.
• Carries the ball of silk with it wherever it goes.

• Lays about 60-100 eggs at night.
• Buries the eggs in damp soil under stones.

• Lays hundreds of eggs at night.
• Buries the eggs in the sand.
• The female turtles do not protect or  incubate their eggs